Last fall, District 6 sent out a call to local artists to submit a design for a series of neighborhood landmarks-street markers or columns-that would identify the South Como area and the three streets intersecting Front Avenue where they would be located.

Next week, Tom Tipton will give what he considers “the biggest performance of my life.”

That’s an impressive claim for someone who has sung for millions of viewers on TV’s “Hour of Power,” soloed in jam-packed stadiums as part of Billy Graham’s crusades and given command performances for two presidents.

If only from the film scores to which the band has contributed, it’s apparent there’s a theatrical streak that runs deeply in the group, but the results in a live setting weren’t ostentatious–it’s more vaudeville than summer blockbuster.

Created by University of Minnesota affiliate faculty Kym Longhi, and performed by 24 undergraduate theatre students, “Oil! and the Jungle” juxtaposes Sinclair’s two novels and the worlds inhabited by workers and bosses.